Saturday, October 29, 2005
Silly smileys
Have you made preparations to go? She asked. Because if you haven't, there may be a lot of paperwork involved.
I looked out the window as Holland Village glided past, and tried not to think of the examinations I'd have to take.
Tried not to think at all.
Perhaps I will be there sooner, rather than later.
Or perhaps not.
Perhaps I'll never find that dream of warmth, and sunshine, and laughter.
Perhaps my feet will take me back to London.
But in my mind's eye...
... I am there. I walk the paths; I feel, I smell, I taste.
I have done for so long now...
... but I haven't been thinking about it.
*****
Post-mortem
She had a sudden, and beautiful smile. And her eyes smiled too when she did it. But more importantly - she had easy wit to match, which made it easier for her, and the rest of us to smile.
I realised then that while I have been lost for quite a while now...
... these were things I didn't just want.
Without humour, without wit and smiles... I would be dying, a day at a time.
I looked out the window as Holland Village glided past, and tried not to think of the examinations I'd have to take.
Tried not to think at all.
Perhaps I will be there sooner, rather than later.
Or perhaps not.
Perhaps I'll never find that dream of warmth, and sunshine, and laughter.
Perhaps my feet will take me back to London.
But in my mind's eye...
... I am there. I walk the paths; I feel, I smell, I taste.
I have done for so long now...
... but I haven't been thinking about it.
*****
Post-mortem
She had a sudden, and beautiful smile. And her eyes smiled too when she did it. But more importantly - she had easy wit to match, which made it easier for her, and the rest of us to smile.
I realised then that while I have been lost for quite a while now...
... these were things I didn't just want.
Without humour, without wit and smiles... I would be dying, a day at a time.
